This paper proposes a theoretical connection between the ideas of economists
Nicholas Kaldor and Giovanni Dosi, based on an analysis of the technological
structure of regional output using the input-output methodology created by
Wassily Leontief, and applies this connection to the economy of the Brazilian
Legal Amazon, specifically the state of Pará. Illustratively, the focus is placed
on the mining sector, which accounts for a large share of output in the state. To
summarize the findings, applying the Kaldor-Dosi approach made it possible to
identify the importance of intersectoral technological diffusion at the international
level through global value chains and the effects of these on local economic
dynamics. This preliminary application of the Kaldor-Dosi perspective with the aid
of the input-output matrix shows that mining is export-oriented and therefore linked
to the trajectories of global technologies in the sectors for which it produces inputs.